Walakada Gamage Munidasa v. Amarasena Amarasiri Jayasinghe et al – SC APPEAL NO. 46/2018-2016

Brief
In the case between Walakada Gamage Munidasa (plaintiff) and the 5th and 11th defendants among others, the Supreme Court addressed the questions of whether the claimed pedigree based on a “joint last will” entitled certain defendants to sole ownership of the partitioned property, and whether prescriptive title had been established in their favor. The appeal focused on the validity of the pedigree through competing documentary evidence and the sufficiency of proof of exclusive possession to claim prescriptive title. Previous courts had resolved the pedigree issue in favor of the plaintiff. After thorough review of the documentary inconsistencies, translation discrepancies, and the requirements for prescriptive acquisition among co-owners, the appeal was dismissed, affirming the princi